Liquid-hydrocarbon-vapor producer



J. J. WEITHAUS.

LIQUID HYDROCARBON VAPOR PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1917.

1,337, 1 O8. Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

I WIT/VESSEL?- m YKM V W carbon fuel 9, the compressed air is ad-' andthen conducted back through the pipe- 18, where the mixture is cooledand then led into the tank 8 above the liquid hydrocarbon for thepurpose of regenerating and enriching the vapor being formed therein andassisting in the formation of the vapor. Any unvaporized particles ofliquid hydro carbon that may pass from the pipe 18 and chamber 19 intothe tank 8 will, owing to their greater weight, descend to the bottom ofthe chamber while the gaseous matter will rise mingling with the vaporabove the body of liquid. The pressure of the air within the tank 8 willcause the vapor to rise and collect in the domes 19' and 20,thus fromthese domes the completed vapor is led by the pipe 17 to a suitablemeans of utilization.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is; v

1. In combination with a vessel containing air under continuouspressure, a liquid hydrocarbon containing tank, a main air pipe leadingfrom said source into said tank,

' a liquid hydrocarbon conduit pipe opening from the lower end of saidtank, the openend of said air pipe projecting down into said liquidhydrocarbon conduit, air conveying pipes leading into the tank from themain air line and terminating above the liquid, cutolf valves in saidpipes, an external vaporizer including a coil. through which hydrocarbonis led and a heater for said coil, a cooling and conveying pipe leadingfrom the vaporizer back to the tank above the level of the liquid andmeans for drawing off the vapor from the upper end of the tank.

2. In combination with a vessel containing air under continuouspressure, a liquid hydrocarbon containing tank, a main air pipe leadingfrom said vessel into said tank, a liquid-hydrocarbon conduit pipeopening from the lower end of said tank, air conveying pipes 'leadinginto the tank from the main air line and terminating above the liquid,cutofi valves in said pipes, an external vaporizer including a coilthrough which hydrocarbon is led from said tank and a heater for saidcoil, a cooling and conveying pipe leading from the vaporizer back tothe tank above the level of the liquid and means for drawing off thevapor from the upper end of the tank.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis,Indiana, this 5th day of February, A. D. nineteen hundred and seventeen.

JOHN JVWEITHAUS. [1,. s.]

Witnesses:

MAUD CASTETTER, H. P. Doommn.

